Wacky Lawsuits And Edwards

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Edwards On Gay Marriage

For many politicians gay marriage is a very difficult issue to address. For Democrats it is even trickier.

On one hand Democrats want the money from gays (some of the party's largest donors) and on the other hand they don't want to seen as too liberal.

This is Mr. Edwards' response to the gay marriage question.

Hillary Goes After Mr. Edwards

Ah, it looks like Ms. Clinton is going after Mr. Edwards according to this article.

I think this means that Edwards is a force come '08. And here is evidence that Mr. Edwards might be the best person to put against the Republican candidate.

Hillary Clinton Is Faster Than John Edwards

...at least when it comes to registering a good website name.

The Trial Lawyer

John Edwards earned his millions as a trial lawyer. Edwards was a very talented lawyer that scored big in a bunch of cases.

Many believe that Edward's former job can be a slight positive and also a huge negative for his run for the White House.

It is a slight positive because Edwards would receive funds from trial lawyers for his campaign.

It would be a huge negative because many people dislike trial lawyers.

Some believe that a trial lawyer is not the right man for the job of managing America's huge economy. Others slightly disagree and feel that a greater inquiry into how Edwards actually managed the cases he was involved in is needed.

John Edwards' Books

Everyone running for the White House needs to write a book (or two). Notice that even his wife Elizabeth got into the action!

Who Does The Public Want To See Run?

Names more to the right on the chart are people that the public has a greater desire to run for president. For the fascinating post over at Pollster.com check out this link. According to the post:

"The first and most impressive result is that no Democrat is in the advantaged lower right part of the figure, while Republicans McCain and Giuliani both are. Of the Democrats, John Edwards comes closest, with Clinton and Obama a bit behind."

The poll is a mixed blessing for Mr. Edwards. Yes, the Mr. Edwards is the top name for the Democrats (so far) but that still makes him only 3rd overall in the poll.

The Timing Of Edwards' Announcement

Some felt that it was a little odd that Mr. Edwards announced that he was going to run likely a couple months before any other candidate.

As this article points out there was some strategy to the timing (though as the author notes the strategy for the most part failed).

The Importance Of YouTube

As I wrote in the previous post elements of the New Media especially YouTube will be extremely important come the 2008 Election.

We saw how Edwards used YouTube successfully in announcing that he was running for the presidency. Now I will show the negative side of YouTube. The clip below is from the Tom Delay Blog (yes, that "Tom Delay"... YouTube can be easily used by your political enemies).

Let's just say that this video won't help Mr. Edwards earn much support from voters that want a strong and powerful president.





The following quote from this post really puts the video in prespective:

"What's interesting about the Edwards clip isn't really that Edwards is obsessed with his hair, it's that politics today is so consumed with image, with calculated image, that if Edwards appeard on a news show with messy hair, the media would have been all over him."



But then again... who doesn't like good hair?

UPDATE:

A great article from TownHall.com on the importance of YouTube. Mr. Edwards are you listening??

Edwards Announces His Bid For The Oval Office

What is interesting is before Mr. Edwards went to TV camera crews to announce his candidacy he posted the above video on YouTube. YouTube has been shown to make or break an election (as George Allen found out a few months ago here and here).

This is certainly a sign that Mr. Edwards knows a little bit about the New Media and how it will dominate the upcoming election. (For more information on the New Media check out the book The Way To Win: Taking The White House In 2008. The book does a great job in showing how to handle the all important New Media of bloggers and websites).

Welcome!

Welcome! My name is AShiningCity and I am a law student in Washington, D.C.

I created this blog to follow John Edwards as he races for the White House in 2008. Here I will give updates and fun facts about the man.

I am not a Republican nor am I am Democrat. I am just a person who loves to read about politics. I like interesting politics, and John Edwards is certainly interesting. I actually find him the most fascinating of the bunch running.

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